The enduring book : print culture in postwar America

Author(s)

• Nord, David Paul
• Rubin, Joan Shelley
• Schudson, Michael

Bibliographic Information

The enduring book : print culture in postwar America

edited by David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, and Michael Schudson

（A history of the book in America, v. 5）

Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press, [2014?], c2009

• : [pbk.]

Note

Includes index

"Digitally printed"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The fifth volume of A History of the Book in America addresses the economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from World War II to the present. During this period factors such as the expansion of government, the growth of higher education, the climate of the Cold War, globalization, and the development of multimedia and digital technologies influenced the patterns of consolidation and diversification established earlier. The thirty-three contributors to the volume explore the evolution of the publishing industry and the business of bookselling. The histories of government publishing, law and policy, the periodical press, literary criticism, and reading--in settings such as schools, libraries, book clubs, self-help programs, and collectors' societies--receive imaginative scrutiny as well. The Enduring Book demonstrates that the corporate consolidations of the last half-century have left space for the independent publisher, that multiplicity continues to define American print culture, and that even in the digital age, the book endures. Contributors: David Abrahamson, Northwestern University James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kenneth Cmiel (d. 2006) James Danky, University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert DeMaria Jr., Vassar College Donald A. Downs, University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert W. Frase (d. 2003) Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School John B. Hench, American Antiquarian Society Patrick Henry, New York City College of Technology Dan Lacy (d. 2001) Marshall Leaffer, Indiana University Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell University Elizabeth Long, Rice University Beth Luey, Arizona State University Tom McCarthy, Beirut, Lebanon Laura J. Miller, Brandeis University Priscilla Coit Murphy, Chapel Hill, N.C. David Paul Nord, Indiana University Carol Polsgrove, Indiana University David Reinking, Clemson University Jane Rhodes, Macalester College John V. Richardson Jr., University of California, Los Angeles Joan Shelley Rubin, University of Rochester Michael Schudson, University of California, San Diego, and Columbia University Linda Scott, University of Oxford Dan Simon, Seven Stories Press Ilan Stavans, Amherst College Harvey M. Teres, Syracuse University John B. Thompson, University of Cambridge Trysh Travis, University of Florida Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University

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Details

• NCID: BB22570626
• ISBN:
  • 9781469621630
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chapel Hill
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 618 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z473
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 21st century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA45739092